BXBX NOVEL Chapter 115: Arcana (2)
James thought he had already found a way to kill the boss monster when he exhaled deeply, and then he was surrounded by his aura, although he could see that his aura was unstable.
It was as if the arcana energy that was spread around with the chains was suppressing James\' aura, the fact that a mid-level completed aura could be suppressed so easily seemed to explain why mages were more revered in the tower.
It was a strange phenomenon indeed, but James realised at that moment that he had to fight magic with magic.
If the aura wasn\'t working, he could send the fire element directly into the arcana energy.
He took a deep breath and then began to heat his sword. Clarent began to glow bright red as James waited for the boss monster to attack.
Suddenly the boss monster raised its arms and refocused a huge amount of energy on James as dozens of thin beams of energy began to shoot towards him.
James took a few steps backwards just as these attacks were happening, and then swung Clarent as hard as he could, releasing the flame elemental he had gathered on him.
The energy from the sword took the shape of a quarter moon and travelled towards the boss monster in front of him, and then cut through the arcana energy and cut straight into the heart of the boss monster, the shiny stone.
Suddenly, a wonderful energy appeared, and then each of the chains of arcana hanging on the wall began to fall.
After a short time, the arcane energy around the stone began to flicker and James, thinking he recognised the image from somewhere, ran towards Miracle.
When he took shelter behind the stone, he held Miracle tightly and waited.
"BOOOM!!!"
A huge explosion travelled through the canyon, not a hot explosion, but one loud enough to hurt the ears and even deafen for a few seconds.
When he looked out after a few seconds, he saw that the boss monster was completely gone and realised that every single rune in the area was in decent shape.
"That...wasn\'t that hard," James said suddenly, it was indeed much less difficult than he had expected.
After looking around, he let go of Miracle and then stretched his whole body. He could see the admiring eyes on the little girl\'s face.
"What happened?" he asked, only to be met with nothing more than Miracle hugging his leg.
James smiled, patted the little girl on the head and then said the following words to get to the main event here:
"So, Lady Nyx, how do I use the arcana energy?"
There was no answer for a few seconds after he had asked that question, after the long wait he looked around and read the message window that had suddenly appeared:
[Sit in the centre of the runes, where the boss monster was born, spread your magical energy around and wait for the runes to accept you. You need to put Miracle aside again, if you are disturbed it will only take a few minutes for you to turn into the zombies outside. You must enter a perfect energy trance].
After reading the message James turned to Miracle and asked, "Can you wait for me a little longer Miracle?" Miracle stepped aside as soon as she heard the question and James was left alone.
Sitting down in the centre of the runes, James took a deep breath, closed his eyes and got into a cross-legged position and then activated all the magic circles around his heart, releasing all the magical energy he could use outwards.
One by one, each of the runes on the stones on the ground around him began to glow, even if he couldn\'t see them. The runes that had glowed with an azure light when the boss monster was born now glowed with colour. Each stone glowed in a different colour.
It was just like 8 sacred fires.
Miracle was very interested in the sight she saw, she began to approach the runes, albeit involuntarily. Miracle, who had suddenly entered the area, approached James.
Seeing what happened, Olympos and those inside thought that James was doomed, but that was not what happened.
The arcana energy from the rune had increased tremendously, and all the energy began to enter James\' body.
The energy was so great that the vibrations from the energy lifted James about a metre into the air.
Miracle was feeding James\' energy in a gigantic way, even though no one noticed.
"Of course!" said Nyx suddenly, she seemed to have forgotten like everyone else, she didn\'t think she could be so silly.
"What\'s wrong, Mum?" Apate suddenly asked, and Nyx, hearing this, said, "Miracle is a Supreme Dragon, the magic itself, remember? Someone who can feed Arcana energy.\',"
James had indeed gained a great advantage.
Miracle\'s energy fed the runes around him so much that the rune stones rose from the ground, each stone circling James in a circle. The energy of each of them continued to charge James with a visible electrical charge.
As James closed his eyes and began to unleash his magic, he had not expected such a large return of magical energy, the arcana energy was so great that he could feel his magical status begin to improve.
Still, the pain in his heart, or rather the strange sensation coming from the vibration, was dragging him in a bad direction, not knowing how long it would last. This feeling seemed to be giving him shortness of breath, and the arcana energy entering his body every second was making him even more strange.
He had no idea where this would end up.